michael cohen now says, june of 2016, he now says in june of 2016 that he was communicating with the russians. that key meeting happens around the same time. he had previously said that his communications with the russians ended in january of 2016. so that summer meeting still very much a focus. look, i can tell you that no one truly knows for certain when bob mueller's investigation will wrap up and what exactly any element of it will be made public, but it would appear that he is nearing the end of that just given the developments that we've seen. the bottom line, though, for michael cohen to completely now flip and be cooperating fully with the mueller investigation. meanwhile at a time when paul manafort, the president's previous campaign co-chairman is not cooperating, that's pretty interesting sfuf. >> let me switch gears from looking at the week that passed and look to the week ahead. special counsel facing at least